Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-23

| City OF milwaukee,.
MADISON, March 16.-The bill amending
the charter of the city OF Chippewa Falls
was passed Assembly bills were con.
| CURED in to provide payment for the otfi-
| chatting chaplains of the senate and assem-
| bly,. 1t appropriates SIS each TO the
ministers who have officiated as chaplains
| at the opening of the legislative session.
| different minister has officiated each week
| in each housed; to incorporate the city OF
Marinette; to appropriate to George e.
| Tate the sum Of 500 to defray his ex-
penses in the Tate-McCann contest. At
| the evening session Of the senate resolu-
| tions were adopted to permit the commit
| tee on roads and bridges to introduce
| bill providing for the construction OF
| bridge across the Mi ssissippi river at
| Prairie du CHEN, and instructing all COM
mittees to report all bills referred to them
| for consideration on or before March 20.
| The committee on fish and game reported
| the bill amending the fish law. The assem-
| bly, bill to amend the charter OF the city OF
| Elroy was concurred In.
MADISON, March 1.-THE bill to declare
parts of certain avenues in the city OF Mil
| waukee bouevards or pleasure-ways and
| to regulate the use of the same, was passed.
| The following assembly bills were concurred
| in: To incorporate the city OF Reedsburg;
| for the establishment of superior court
in Milwaukee; to legaize certain proceed
| ings of the officers OF the city OF Milwaukee,;
| to protect butter and cheese manufacturers
| by Furnishing those who sell Impure milk to
| manufacturers; to provide for the exemp-
ton of the property of the Milwaukee In
dustrial exposition from taxation; to pro-
vide for the drainage and reclamation OF
| certain lands in Racine and Waukesha
counties. Bills were indefinitely postponed:
| To provide adequate punishment for tres
pass in certain cases; providing that the
| oIor- rT.fo IQfr q FOR in n
more than 5000 inhabitants shall not be
| less than 5 900 year. Assembly bills
were nOn.cOncurred in: To amend the laws
of 1882 relating to the punishment OF
| father for abandonment OF his children,
and a husband for abandonment of his
wife; to prohibit the setting OF fires and the
| burning of logs, brush slabs or sawdust in
certain cases; relating to Royal Adelphia;
to give county boards the right to regulate
| the tramp nuisance. The bill to allow the
city election in La Crosse to be held on the
| third Tuesday in April this year was passed,
the bill to appropriate 1900 for 1887
and So OO0 for 1888 as the governors
contingent fund was also passed.
MADISON. March 1S.-Among the Senate
bills concurred in was the bill vacating g.
certain alley in the Fourth Ward of Mil
waukee for Alex. Mitchell and John
| Plankinton. Among the bills passed were
| three TO amend the charters OF Whitewater,
! Waupaca, and Houghton; making it mis-
| demeanor for any public officer to extort
| by abuse or tricks q confession from q
prisoner in his charge, the maximum pun
| ishment for each offense being one years
imprisonment or $500 fine; to prevent
| deception in the sale of cheese, by provid-
| ing that all cases of cheese must be marked
| with it's grade, under penalty OF q fine
| OF $2Oper box wrongly marked, to go to
the person prosecuting; STIMULATING that
no agricultural, mechanical or similar So
cletiee sha II receive any money from the
state ii they shall permit either gambling
or liquor selling on the grounds during
fairs; to change the boundaries of Forest
and Marinette counties by providing that
| townships 81, 80, SO and 81, north OF
ranges Is and 16 east, shall be detached
| from Forest county and attached to Mari
| nette county, and to create a second and
| third municipal court for Barron county.
The assembly adjourned until Monday
evening.
MADISON, March 19-In the Senate the
| following bills were concurred in: To pro-
| vide for fees OF clerks of circuit courts in
certain cases; to provide for refunding the
! indebtedness of school districts; relating
| to the destruction of noxious weeds; re-
quiring every railway company to keep an
axe and saw on the outside as well as the
| inside of all cars used for the transporta-
L
egraph companies operated In only one or
two counties to pay state license OF 1 per
cent. on their gross earnings instead OF 81
| per mile OF wire, and also requiring them to-
| give cheap rate of 25 cents for twenty-five
| words and ! cent for each additional W. ord;
to authorize railway companies to ap-
| point police officers on their own premises;
to appropriate the sum of $4,000, or SO
| much thereof as may be required, to aid in
securing an exhibition of the condition and
work of the public schools Of Wisconsin at
the National Centenary School exposition
in Chicago. in July, 1887; permitting the
enlargement of cemeteries by condemna-
ton proceedings; relating to the Office of
assistant attorney general relating to in
| surance companies. 1t makes the Ak per
| cent. reserve which insurance companies
should have before they can do business
applicable to assessment companies.
| Assembly.
| MADISON, March 14-Bills were passed
to prevent the abduction OF unmarried
women; raising the age of consent from 10
| to IA; prohibiting and Furnishing unauth-
| orlzed wearing and improper use OF G. A. r.
| badges: providing for the burial OF honor.
ably discharged INDECENT soldiers: relating
to the municipal court OF Milwaukee coun-
| ty, and fixing the salaries of Judge and Off
| GERS thereof, and to authorize the city of
Milwaukee to raise a special tax, not ex-
| CeeOloS one mill on the dollar, IN the west
sewerage district OF said city. Assembly
bills were concurred in authorizing the con
struction of a dam across Apple river in
FOLK county; TO prevent the spread OF
| contagious diseases among cattle; author.
izing the construction Of a dam across
Straight river in Polk county; Furnishing
the issuing of checks with intent to defraud
when person has no money on deposit to
meet payment thereof making it larceny
to take av " real property during tres.
pass
| MADISON, March 15.-The following bills
were passed: To amend section 1924 of
! the Revised Statutes of 1878, and to pro-
| vide for appeals under said section; to
amend the Revised Statutes relating to
lodges. oranges, etc.; to amend the Revised
| Statutes, entitled 'of guardians and
wards" lit provides that when the father
dies without will, the mother may name
| the guardian OF her children in her will;
| authorizing the licensing of the United
| States Accident Association to do business
in the State on the plan of mutual insur-
ance on the payment of the usual taxes;
L A.